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Back in April, Bryan Datillo celebrated 20 years as Lucas. We want to know your favorite Lucas moments. You have until June 10th to contribute. Remember, we're making a countdown, so the more "votes" a scene gets, the more likely that it will appear on our final list. Make sure you provide enough context that we can figure out which scene you're talking about. You can post your favorites in this thread, pm them to me, or tweet them to the DR account.

I am not a huge Lucas fan, but I think Bryan D. is the bee's knees. I feel like the man gets no love from Corday and Co. Thank you, admins, for doing this.

One vote for when Lucas realized he was Will's father at Sami and Austin's wedding in 1997. The hurt that Bryan in Lucas' disbelief at seeing that DNA test broke my heart, esp how he says, "I'm Will's father?" It never occurred to Lucas that Sami could conspire against him.

One vote for when Will came out to Lumi and the quiet, honest convo they had after Sami jetted to be counseled by EJ (WTF?) Bryan does understated really well.

One vote for Lucas finding out Cassie was his half sis after making out with her. Sami is going to town on a turkey for Thanksgiving, and all he wants to do is puke. Great humor.

I don't know...maybe the one where he and Sami were trying to teach a young Will how to dance? I've always liked that one. There are the scenes surrounding Alice's death. Bryan was gold in those. Just gold.

I always love Lucas's honesty. No matter how he feels, he reveals it. He doesn't play games much. He's not too into subterfuge. He's not always right, of course. No one is. But he does go for honesty nine times out of ten. And he's not too proud to admit when he's wrong. Unlike most of the characters on this show, who don't show a whole heck of a lot of character growth, Lucas does have moments where he's learning something. He changes. He grows. It doesn't even feel like it's just for storyline purposes. For him, it feels genuine.

I feel like most of the characters nowadays are stuck in place, never learning much from past behavior...just continuing to make the same mistakes over and over, never learning anything about themselves. Back in the day, EVERY character learned lessons about who they were...they taught each other things, and learned to understand each other and the world around them.

Lucas reminds me of that, because he's one of the few who does learn lessons, and undergoes changes. I really like that about him.

I would LOVE to see him get the girl for a change. I mean, really. Not Sami, because once she has him, she invariably discards him for EJ, and Lucas deserves better. I would love to see him find someone who's really into him. But knowing Tomlin's attitude about Lucas and how he should never get the girl, I don't think Lucas will ever be a winner in love.

Tomlin doesn't always have the pulse of the audience, does he? I think some of the things he's done are good, if he's responsible for Nick's story, for Ciara getting some personality and feeling angry for what's happening around her, for Johnny's behavior as a DiMera. I like that Justin and Adrienne are getting more involved.

So it's not all bad.

But he does neglect Lucas, who's well thought of in the audience, and he continues to force Daniel and Jennifer on us whether we like them as a pairing or not.

I have no idea if I linked the clip or not...sorry. If not it is from 10/11/06 - Lucas and Will were playing pranks on EJ and Sami's date. They had a smoke bomb go off and the sprinklers went on...EJ was shirtless and wet :wub: then he headed over to Sami's apartment and grabbed Lucas....actually I think I just like that one because EJ was shirtless and wet :wub:

Seriously, I would probably say the evidence room one with Sami from I think March. I liked his snarky one liners. I have never been a huge fan of Lucas, but I appreciate his relationship with Sami much more than Rafe and would prefer him, if one is needed in place of Rafe for EJ/Sami angst - he has better chemistry with both AS and JS.